12-Step Meetings
Type of meeting for friends, family and those supporting the Alcoholic person.
What is Al-Anon?
Stage in which the person learns how to identify triggers and has achieved goals; Is connected with a sober support system.
What is Maintenance?
Maintaining a moment-to-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment.
What is Mindfulness?
Recovery tool that helps:
1. Relieve Stress
2. Keep thoughts in order
3. Boosts Mood
What is journaling?
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable, and Time-Bound.
What are S.M.A.R.T. Goals?
Type of meeting focused on people with gambling addictions.
What is Gamblers Anonymous?
Stage in which someone is in denial; Ignoring the problem
What is Pre-Contemplation?
Type of activity involving rest, sleep, healthy eating, and outdoor activities.
What is Physical Self-Care?
1. Using drugs or alcohol.
2. Reckless behaviors.
3. Avoiding the problem.
4. Shutting down.
What are Unhealthy Coping Skills?
Having an intense interest or craving in a substance or activity that promotes pleasure, stress relief and/or performance improvement.
What is Addiction?
Type of 12-Step meeting that is Faith-Based.
What is Celebrate Recovery?
In this stage the person takes direct action towards the goal.
What is the Action Stage?
Practicing time management, taking breaks, learning, boundaries and goal-setting.
1. Using positive Self-Talk.
2. Sharing your feelings.
3. Deep Breathing.
4. Reaching out.
Time recommended for someone in recovery to avoid major changes in lifestyle; New job, new relationship, having a baby, etc.
Meeting that focuses on people addicted to Narcotics.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Stage in which the person becomes more aware of the potential benefits of changing, but feels conflicted emotions.
What is Contemplation?
Practicing healthy boundaries, staying connected with a support system, communication, spending time with loved ones, and asking for help.
What is Social Self-Care?
Skill in which one takes the mind off the problem, and focuses on something else.
What is a Distraction?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired.
What is H.A.L.T.?
Type of Meeting for people that struggle with addiction to pills.
What is Pills Anonymous?
Stage in which the person is experimenting with small changes and collecting information about change.
What is Preparation?
Practicing forgiveness, gratitude, compassion, kindness and stress management.
What is Emotional Self-Care?
Painting, drawing, journaling, and writing emotions.
What are Tools for identifying your feelings?
Tool that helps a person reduce the risk of going back to substance misuse after addiction treatment.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?